Wagon-brake.



No. 761,261. PATENTED MAY 31, 19 04.

T. A. STRODE.

WAGON BRAKE.

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. IAEIMIIE UNITED STATES Patented May 31. 19045 PATENT OFFICE.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 761,261, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed February 1, 1904-. Serial No. 191,625. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that LTHoMAs A. STRoDE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Butler, in the county of Bates and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVagon-Brakes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wagon-brakes and means for operating the brakes; and the object of my invention is to produce means of the kind that is strong and reliable and easy in operation and effective in application, in which Figure 1 is an illustration of a wagon with my invention in position secured to the hounds of the wagon. Fig. 2 illustrates the apparatus in detail for operating the brake. Fig. 3 is a broken section of one of the hounds of a wagon, disclosing the manner in which the braking device is secured to the wagon. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of a clip, partly in section, to which a reaching-rod is secured and will be fully described farther on.

1 is a zigzag round iron bar. The object of said zigzags 2, 3, and 4 is to add purchasing power in forcing the brake-beam 5 against the wheels. (Seen at Fig. 1.) Central between 2 and 3 of the bar 1 are levers 6 and 7. Said levers are integral to said bar 1 at one end, as shown. Pivotally secured to their outer ends are clips or reaches 8 and 9. The opposite ends of said reaches are interlocked at 10 and 11 and a forked reach 12. Said forked reach 12 is adjustably secured to a bifurcated bar 13. The bifurcated portion 14 of bar 13 is adapted to straddle centrally of the brakebeam 5, where it is pivotallysecured by means of a bolt 15. Extending horizontally from one fork to the other of forked reach 12 is a crossbar 16 integral thereto.

Integrally secured to the zigzag bar 1 and centrally of levers 6 and 7 is a depending curved arm 17. The curved end ofsaid arm extends downward and engages a cross-bar on the under side thereof, as shown. The object of said arm is to prevent sway or sagging of reaches 8 and 9 and forked reach 12.

At one end of zigzag bar 1 is aright-angle extension 18 integral to said bar. Said extension is provided with loops 19 and 20. The object of said loops is to receive one end of a brake-pole, (not shown,) said "pole being indispensable for operating the braking or locking apparatus when the bed of a wagon is removed. Between said loops 19 and 20, pivotally secured to extension 18, is a clip 21, with an extended end 22. Said extended end is screw-threaded and is adapted to receive a forwardly extending brake rod 23. Said brake rodextends forward a sufficient distance and is pivotally secured to an ordinary wagon-locking ratchet, as indicated by 24 at Fig. 1.

When the zigzag bar is in position ready for locking the wagon, the right-angle extension 18 stands vertical, or nearly so. Said zigzag bar is firmly but pivotally secured to the hounds 25 and 26 of the wagon by means of clips 27 being bolted to the under side of said hounds. (Clearly indicated at Fig. 3.)

In order to insure the brake-beam 5 with sufiicient strength for locking the wagon, I have provided a reinforcement-bar 28, bolted to the top of it. Said reinforcement-bar extends over the hounds 25 and 26 and over the bifurcated bar 13. It will further be observed at the opposite end of the zigzag bar from the vertical extension is a lug 29. The object of said lug is to operate in conjunction with zigzag 3 in bar 1 to prevent lateral movement of said bar.

The operation of my invention is as follows: In its normal position when the wagon is unlocked the vertical extension 18 stands vertically, or nearly so. When the wagon is to be looked, a forward pull on the ratchet-lever (seen between the fore wheels of the wagon) will carry rod 23 forward. Said rod being secured to bifurcated clip 22 will carry the vertical extension 18 forward also. This movement will cause Zigzag barl to tip forward, which will cause levers 6 and 7 to extend farther rearward, and this movement will carry the intermediate connecting parts between the levers 6 and 7, and the front portion of said intermediate parts being attached to the brakebeam 5 will cause'said brake-beam to impinge firmly against the wheels of the vehicle.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a vehicle-locking device, of the character described, a zigzag shaft, arms adapted to oscillate integral to said shaft, a pair of reaches pivotally secured to said arms at one end, connected to a bifurcated reach at their opposite ends, a cross-bar integral to the forks of the bifurcated reach, a depending arm integral to the zigzag shaft and adapted to engage under the cross-bar of said bifurcated reach, and means communicating With said bifurcated reach and the vehicle-brake, substantially as described.

2. In a vehicle-locking device, of the character described, the combination of a zigzag shaft, arms integral to said shaft, reaches pivotally secured to said arms and pivotally connected to the bifurcated reach, a depending arm integral to zigzag shaft and adapted to engage cross-bar of said bifurcated reach, a reinforced brake-beam mounted in the front of the rear Wheels of the Wagon and a bifurcated clip adapted to engage said brake-beam atone end and the extended end of the bifurcated reach atits opposite end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

THOMAS A. STRODE. Witnesses: 4 THOMAS C. STEVENS, O. C. GLIzER 

